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Daggett, MI 49821 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Daggett, MI?

Zone 5a

Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 126 frost-free days later.

Daggett sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 4 weeks of growing season left in Daggett before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Daggett's last frost

05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Daggett compares

At roughly 126 frost-free days, Daggett places 38,724 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 1,072 of 1,153.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Daggett's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Daggett can differ from the 49821 normal.